Psychotherapy in psychiatry – reality, delusion or relic?

Abstract:

‘If you talk about things you have not experienced, you are wasting
your and other people’s time. As you continue the practice of
looking deeply, you will see this more and more clearly, and you
will save a lot of paper and publishing enterprises and have more
time to enjoy your tea and live your daily life in mindfulness.’1
Psychotherapy has been viewed as a core clinical activity of
psychiatrists.2-4 Is this still the case in our modern era, with more
and more focus on pharmacotherapy? As we prepare for the
Fellowship of the College of Psychiatrists of South Africa (FCPsych)
to be the only exit examination to qualify as a psychiatrist in South
Africa, it is prudent to reconsider this and related questions.